After Murder of Medgar Evers search widens in Jackson
In Jackson Mississippi police and federal agents pressed a broad search for the assassin of Negro leader Medgar W. Evers as authorities said they had some good leads. Chief Detective M B Pierce voiced cautious optimism as the investigation intensified.
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Jackson, Miss
Medgar W. Evers
M. B. Pierce
Evers
Mississippi
National Association For the Advancement of Colored People
Delegates Attend 30th EAS Convention in Dallas
More than 750 delegates gathered June 9 through 12 for the 30th annual convention of the Electrical Apparatus Service Association Inc at the Statler Hilton in Dallas. Also noted are local events including a fish fry at Lige Harris garden in Moulton, a Vanderbilt Summer Language Institute attendance for Delores McGregor, and Clarke College Dean's List honorees Larry Mullins. A collision on U S 31 north near Boat Harbor involved Curtis Johnson and Frank Pepper, and Jayceettes plan a 7:30 pm Lyons Hotel meeting with DIARY referenced on page 2.
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Price Waddell
Decatur Electric Motor Service
Electrical Apparatus Service Association, Inc
Statler-Hilton
Dallas
Tithing and the parsonage question debated in church
A reader questions if tithes should fund costly parsonages and high salaries. The reply: tithes are the Lord's, given cheerfully. leaders should be trusted to spend them. The piece then shifts to coverage of Medgar Evers's murder in Mississippi, noting related protests, arrests, and evolving racial tensions.
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Ananassacre
Evers
Mississippi
A. Charles Jones
Campbell College For
Kennedy
Nursing Bill Aims To Clarify RN Roles In Alabama
Representatives for registered nurses told the Senate Health Committee that a bill to extend nursing under the law would not curtail practical nurses. The measure would define functions that only registered nurses may perform while keeping current titles and duties for practical nurses. The bill’s fate remains in committee as debates on a unified mental health department continue, with a two week vote expectation.
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Montgomery
Senate Health Committee
Lillian Smith
Alabama Registered Nurses Association
Capitol
Sim Thomas
Barbour County
House Health Committee
House Business and Labor Committee
Alabama
Sen
Donald Hammersley
American Psychiatric Association
Washington, D.C
Senators oppose Kennedy civil rights plan in closed meeting
Southern senators led by Richard Russell vow a fight against President Kennedy's civil rights measures. They call the anti discrimination bill a step toward statism and fault the federal government for seeking powers to enforce desegregation in schools. The group also criticizes granting the attorney general power to sue for school desegregation.
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Washington
Kennedy
Dixie
John G. Tower
R-Tex
Richard B. Russell
D-Ga
Congress
de Russell
Supreme Court
Russell
Newsmen On Hand For Walk To Door At Alabama Center
Fifty-year-old civil rights era event as 27 year old David Mack McGlathery registers at the University of Alabama Extension Center in Huntsville under heavy guard by state troopers and police. He walks unescorted from a parking area through the front door to register around 11 AM, spending about 38 minutes inside before leaving. McGlathery later tells reporters the act is a personal challenge and a statement for fairness. Governor George Wallace did not attend. Troopers resume normal duties by 11:45 AM as officials say the situation is under control. He arrived driving a gray 1959 Buick and left alone after registering.
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Winford Turner
Huntsville
David Mack McGlathery
University of Alabama Extension Center
McGrathery
Alabama
George Wallace
University of Alabama At
Tuscaloosa
Morton Hall
McGlathery
Kennedy
Nicholas Katzenbach
U.S
James McShane
Oxford
Miss
Glenn Hearn
Huntsville FBI
Chris Spurlock
Marshall Space Flight Center
Redstone Arsenal
Here
Alabama A. and M
Court House Square
Madison Circuit Court
Highway Patrol
Gadsden Race Tensions Mark Desegregation Efforts
In Gadsden Alabama racial tensions surface as Negro and white leaders begin contact aiming for peaceful settlement. Negro demonstrations continue with sit ins at lunch counters and plans for a large march to Etowah County Jail. National Guard units stand by on federal duty while officials observe a tense but largely orderly campus scene in Huntsville.
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Gadsden
Ala
Otto Agricola
Marvin Robinson
New Orleans
Robinson
Agricola
Etowah
Alabama National Guard
Athens
Hartselle
Army Missile Command
Redstone Arsenal
Submarine false alarm over New England coast
A British submarine briefly reported sinking off the New England coast but the alert was later declared false. Transplanting a healthy lung into a 58 year old man at University Medical Center Jackson was disclosed, with the patient recovering after a three hour operation.
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Boston
New England
Jackson, Miss
University Medical Center
Robinson's Second Avenue Final Semi Annual Clearance Sale
Final semi annual clearance sale announced for Robinson's on Second Avenue with discounts up to percent. The notice emphasizes savings event and location.
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Robinson's
Second Avenue
Ady
Moulton Tense Fails Klans Planned Visit in 1963
In Moulton Alabama a planned Ku Klux Klan meeting did not occur yet for three and a half hours town residents waited in tense scenes. Chief May and a small police force coordinated with Rescue Squad members and nearby officials amid rumors of NAACP presence and reports of a car with mismatched license plates. An incident at Wilson Hood's store led to a warning and a ticket for driving without proper tags as the night extended toward City Hall.
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Moulton
Ku Klux Klan
Robert Frank May, Jr
City Hall
Birmingham
Lawrence County
Chief May
Montgomery
Ronald Chandler
Abner Cook
Tuscaloosa
University of Alabama
Monihai
Iar Targa Fire Department
Flint Ger Pdlcnees
Ote Peetne Jr
Charles Ricks
Florence
NAACP
Neal C. Fretwell
May
MO5
Hill
Dwight
Wilson Hood
Harville
Charles Quinnley
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Church St
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Auburn
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Larry Mullins
William J. Mullins
4Th Ave
Clarke College
Newton
Moose Lodge
Moulton St
U. S. 31
Boat Harbor
Curtis H. Johnson
Betty St
Frank L. Pepper
Lyons Hotel
Sabenale Olimples Community
A. M
Jackson State (Negro) College
Cecil Hathaway
Sweet Land of Liberty
Martin Luther King Jr
New York
Perna
David McGlathery
University Center
Ate
House Ways and Means Committee
Senate Highway Committee
Senators
JFK
Georgia
O. R. Ainsworth
L. C. Jmar
Huntsville Mirror
Jmar
House Judiciary Committee
Baltimore
Frank W. Boykin
U. S. Atty
Joseph D. Tydings
Glen van Slyke
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